peck

Meanings

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
• a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
• hit lightly with a picking motion
• eat by pecking at, like a bird
• kiss lightly
• eat like a bird
• bother persistently with trivial complaints

Synonyms

batch, beak, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, hen-peck, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, nag, passel, peck at, pick, pick at, pick up, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, smack, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad